Guild · Florida · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024
Wetland Birds In Florida
32 species in this guild. As a group they are -51% since 1968.
Guild Signals
guild collapsecomputed index
Wetland birds as a group have fallen sharply in Florida, down 51% since 1968.
Forecast
If the recent trend holds, Wetland birds in Florida is projected to stay roughly flat through 2029, near 2.1 (95% range 0.92–3.2). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±26.8%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.
+8%Change by 2029
2.1Projected 2029 index
0.92–3.295% range
±26.8%Backtest error
| Year | Projected index | 95% low | 95% high |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 2026 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 2027 | 2.1 | 0.99 | 3.3 |
| 2028 | 2.1 | 0.96 | 3.3 |
| 2029 | 2.1 | 0.92 | 3.2 |
Member Species In Florida
| Least Tern | Laridae | -98% |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocoracidae | -94% |
| American Coot | Rallidae | -93% |
| King Rail | Rallidae | -90% |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Ardeidae | -89% |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podicipedidae | -89% |
| Royal Tern | Laridae | -80% |
| Purple Gallinule | Rallidae | -78% |
| Reddish Egret | Ardeidae | -73% |
| Black Skimmer | Laridae | -73% |
| Tricolored Heron | Ardeidae | -68% |
| Little Blue Heron | Ardeidae | -65% |
| Green Heron | Ardeidae | -64% |
| Great Egret | Ardeidae | -62% |
| White Ibis | Threskiornithidae | -61% |
| Herring Gull | Laridae | -59% |
| Snowy Egret | Ardeidae | -58% |
| Least Bittern | Ardeidae | -55% |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardeidae | -53% |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardeidae | -51% |
| Common Gallinule | Rallidae | -38% |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanidae | -27% |
| Gull-billed Tern | Laridae | -21% |
| Clapper Rail | Rallidae | -18% |
| Caspian Tern | Laridae | -12% |
| Ring-billed Gull | Laridae | -9% |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Ardeidae | +4% |
| Laughing Gull | Laridae | +35% |
| Forster's Tern | Laridae | +111% |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Threskiornithidae | +144% |
| Sandhill Crane | Gruidae | +224% |
| Glossy Ibis | Threskiornithidae | +327% |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.